Displaying device



No. 623,027.- Patented A r. |a99.

A. c. MILLS, In. DISPLAYING DEVICE.

(Application filed. Feb. 26, 1898) (No llodel.)

\Nitnesses.

UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

AMERICUS o. ums, JR., or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

DISIPLAYING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 623,027, dated April11, 1899.

Application filed February 26, 1898. Serial No. 671,874. (No model.)

T0 or whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AMERIOUS C. MILLS, J r. of Rochester, in the countyof Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Displaying Devices; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon. I

The object of mypresent invention is to provide a display-stand forattractively exhibiting goods or articles of merchandise in a convenientmanner, whereby the goods may be removed or rearranged in part withoutdisturbing the remainder; audit consists in further advantages andimprovements in construction and combinations of parts, all as will behereinafter fully described, the novel features being pointed out in theclaims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device; Fig. 2, across-sectional view through one of the supporting-blocks; Fig. 3, aplan view of one of the adjustingclips; Figs. 4 and 5, detail views of amodification in which the spring-clip is surrounded by a casing; Figs. 6and 7, further views showing the upper and lower plates of the casingprovided with apertures for receiving displaying-arms, and Fig. 8 asectional view through the top of the support.

I have shown my device as adapted particularly for use in displayingcanes or umbrellas or like articles, and in carrying out myinvention Iprovide a central support or rod 1, adapted to be suspended from theceiling and provided upon its upper end with a swiveleye 2 and havingarranged intermediate its length blocks or supports 3, provided withsockets or recesses 4, adapted to receive the ends of the umbrellas orcanes to be exhibited, and to facilitate the inspection and handling ofthe same said sockets are bored at a slight angle to the centralsupport, whereby the goods are held and ,extended away from the latter.To adapt separate devices for holding goods of various lengths and alsofor increasing the capacity of the stand, I arrange the blocks 3 looselyupon the support,

which passes through them, and hold each in any desired position ofvertical adjustment by adjustable spring-clips 5, adapted to engage thesupport beneath the block and hold it, although permitting its freerotary adj ustment thereon. This clip is form ed from a single piece ofspring metal bent into loops or doubled arms 6 6, formed with thesen1icircular portion 8 between them, said arms engaging the support 1and the free operating ends'7 7. The free ends of the clip are turnedout at a slight angle at the points 9, so that when they are pressedtogether the loops or arms 6 6 will be separated, loosening the clip andpermitting its vertical adjustment on the standard or support to holdthe block in the desired position. It will be noticed that when the clip5 is opened for adjustment it can be removed from the central support bypulling the ends down or otherwise twistingit, thereby forcing the arms6 apart, and to prevent their accidental removal in some instances Iprovide each with a casing consisting of the plates 10, arranged aboveand below the clip and having the apertures 11 for the passage of thesupport and;the inclosing plate 12, connecting them, said plate 12 beingprovided with an aperture at one side through which the ends 7 7 of theclip project. When the clips or springs are thus provided with thecasing, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, they give a much neater appearance tothe device and may also be utilized for other purposes and fordisplaying different varieties of goods by providing-a series ofapertures 14 in the upper and lower plates 10, adapted to receive theengaging end of radially-extending arms or similar supports. Aperforated extension 15, formed upon or attached to the sides or frontof the casing, may also carry a transverse rod or support 16 for holdingother goods. From this construction it will be readily seen that theseveral frames carried upon the central support can be rotatedindependently by the operator to' display the goods'to the bestadvantage and at the same time adjusted to various levels. The length ofthe support can be varied to accommodate arious heights of show-windowsor store-ceilings, and for this reason I have shown a coupling 20,whereby the lower section may be removed. This construction is simpleand cheap and besides permitting various adjustments to be had enablesdifferent styles or forms of supports for difierent classes ofmerchandise to be carried by the single standard.

I claim as my invention 1. In a display device, the combination with thesupporting-standard, of the blocks having the apertures through whichthe standard passes, and the spring-clips having the free operating endsand frictionally engaging the rod beneath the blocks, whereby the blocksare capable of independent rotary adj ustment on the clips, and thelatter may be readily adjusted vertically on the standard.

2. In a display device, the combination with the supporting-standard, ofthe. blocks encircling the standard and having the sockets or recessesin their upper sides for the reception of umbrella-sticks, of thespring-clips, each composed of a single piece of metal having the jawsengaging the standard below the blocks, and the operating free ends,said clips supporting the blocks andperrnitting their free, independentrotation.

3. Ina displaying device, the combination with the standard, having theswivel-hook at its upper end, and the blocks encircling the standard,having the sockets or recesses in their upper sides, of the spring-clipshaving the clamping-arms engaging thestandard and the outer freeoperating ends, said clips being clasped around the standard below andsupporting the blocks and permitting the free rotary adjustment of thelatter, substantially as described.

at. In a displaying device, the combination with thesupporting-standard, of the clip movable on the standard and composed ofthe single piece of spring metal having the arms (3 and free ends 7, andthe casing for said clips, substantially as described.

' AMERIOUS O. MILLS, JR.

Witnesses:

F. F. CHURCH, THOMAS DURANT.

